Republican lawmakers are crying foul: Google Inc. manipulated a U.S. government spectrum auction by bidding just enough to trigger rules that will open a nationwide set of airwaves to any device and then walking away, Republican lawmakers said. The so-called open-access requirements, also backed by consumer groups, may have…
Google Inc. manipulated a U.S. government spectrum auction by bidding just enough to trigger rules that will open a nationwide set of airwaves to any device and then walking away, Republican lawmakers said.
The so-called open-access requirements, also backed by consumer groups, may have shortchanged taxpayers by discouraging more companies from bidding, Representative Fred Upton, a Michigan Republican, said today at a hearing.
Read MoreSEW points to the Googolopoly.pdf on Box.net (an unabashed link bait ploy, I'm biting). The game pokes fun at Google's market share, as well as the current fate of the MSFTs, AOLs, and Yahoos of the world. It's actually well done. But, it's only a matter of time before…
Wow, looks a lot like Google News, but I like it! Microsoft's Live Search News….
The stealth search company is not stealthy about the $25mm it just took in from lead Madrone and others….
Mike reports on the moving target of an unofficial company motto….
Wow, check this out (thanks Tim)….
No, not its share price, but its search share……
So says Lost Remote….
..something a lot of players are interested in making health search better, Hakia joins the crowd, Mashable has a good review….
..something a lot of players are interested in making health search better, Hakia joins the crowd, Mashable has a good review.
So I missed a week of the Ring Cycle between Yahoo, MSFT, AOL, Newscorp, and Google. Wow. Somehow I think I'll survive. Things I found interesting last week: Yahoo crowing about an unbuilt platform and launches flickr video. Not sure this would have been the tack had the Ring…
Yahoo crowing about an unbuilt platform and launches flickr video. Not sure this would have been the tack had the Ring not been Cycling. But it does strengthen their case about staying independent. Latest roundup from the NYT here.
I read about this story while in Europe. EU wants to slash search data retention period to six months
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